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Eh, I disagree with the initial premise...Had people kept their hands off the game (at all levels), it would be more entertaining and have more fans...But, you are right in saying this isn't the thread...We do talk about it a lot in the 2021 Baseball thread over in the baseball forum though...

Analytics in basketball, especially the the ones Woody spoke about in the interview, make more sense to me than most baseball analytics do...They've basically made baseball unwatchable....

Good article on Coach Woodson's basketball philosophies... The highlights... “Analytics is huge,” Woodson said on a recent call with reporters. “I used to use it for combinations of who played well together on my ball club, what combinations worked. A lot of time you base it on the minutes that a particular combination plays together or how well guys that come off the bench click together.” “I’m a big proponent of guys that compete on the defensive end,” Woodson said. “If you don’t, you won’t play… I know defense wins basketball games. I know defense will put you in position to win every game. It ain’t going to be just about our offense.” “When I look at young players, if you’re not willing to compete and play hard, your days in the NBA will be numbered because the next guy is more hungry,” Woodson said. “That’s going to be my biggest challenge going forward with this team because I think they got to play harder… It’s my job to make it happen.”

When Hornyak and Witte were sophomores (71 I think), OSU won the B1G, and they talked about dominating the conference for the next 2 years...that didn't happen...Hornyak always had that cocksure attitude...

Add Mark Olberding and Mark Landsberger from Minnesota in the mid 70s...A couple of rough customers...

Yeah, I remember them...early 80s, right? They were pesky, but not nearly as annoying as Allan Hornyak in the early 70s...

A lot of it depends on what Ayala and Wiggins do. If they both stay in the draft, I think Maryland finishes 7th or lower...

You know what Leo Durocher said about nice guys...

Good Lord...How old was he when he helped develop Carmelo Anthony? 8?

I always thought Edey looked like the original Milton the Monster...

He's the most important 22 recruit to me as well...Not just for his talent, but also possibly opening up that part of the state to Coach Woodson and IU....

Foster Loyer formerly of Michigan State commits to Davidson...Much better fit for him...

Yeah, you do have to show in college you can play defense, but once you get to the NBA, you can save it until June

He had a 3 game DNP-CD last year right in the middle of the year...Never said what it was for...he didn't dress for one of those...

Wonder what Woody's launch angle and Jerome's exit velocity was?

Same as Yadi's line last night... That someone is out? 0 That it was JH? 4 😁

Beyond fit, I gotta wonder if the DNP-CD games in the middle of of last year figured in in any way... Coach Hunter was here then, so he knew the whole story on that.

"Jerome, we hardly knew ye." I feel bad for him. Bad luck seemed to plague his time at IU, particularly the leg issue. Wish things would have worked out better at IU for the kid...

Redshirts still count against scholarship numbers...

I do appreciate that Magic is a great basketball talent. Just not my kind of guy...

"The secret of successful managing is to keep the five guys who hate you away from the four guys who haven't made up their minds." Casey Stengel

I only picked one per team and Griffin's tough guy BS against Rob Phinisee was the freshest in my mind...

I'd never even heard of Drum until my wife ordered it at a Cajun restaurant in Baton Rouge...She liked it, but I wasn't impressed (and it was saltwater Drum I think)...

But that Minnesota/OSU fracas was the worst thing I've ever seen in any Big 10 basketball game...